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Dhanghata Assembly constituency

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Dhanghata
Constituency No. 314 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictSant Kabir Nagar
Total electors357,096 (2017)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

Dhanghata is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Dhanghata in the Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of five assembly constituencies in the Sant Kabir Nagar Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 314 amongst 403 constituencies.

Since 2017, Bharatiya Janta Party member Sriram Chauhan is the MLA, who won in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Agloo Prasad by a margin of 16,909 votes.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[2] Party
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
2012 Alagoo Prasad Chauhan Samajwadi Party
2017 Sriram Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Ganesh Chandra Chauhan

Election results

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18th Vidhan Sabha: 2022 General Elections

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2022 General Elections: Dhanghata (SC)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ganeh Chandra 83241 38.5
SBSP Alagu Prasad 72688 33.62
BSP Santosh 40693 18.82
NOTA None Of The Above 1,915 0.89
Remainder 9 candidates 17685 8.17 Steady
Majority 10,553
Turnout 2,16,222
BJP gain from SBSP Swing

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections

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2017 General Elections: Dhanghata (SC)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sriram Chauhan 79,572 40.11
SP Algoo Prasad Chauhan 62,663 31.58
BSP Neel Mani 51,938 26.18
NOTA None Of The Above 1,871 0.94 Increase0.94
Remainder 5 candidates 4,231 2.11 Steady
Majority 16,909 8.44
Turnout 2,00,275 56.08
BJP gain from SP Swing

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections

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2012 General Elections: Dhanghata (SC)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Algoo Prasad Chauhan 66,337 35.55 Increase35.55
BSP Ram Sidhare 51,388 27.54 Increase27.54
BJP Neel Mani 40,491 21.70 Increase21.70
PECP Surendra Kumar 9,660 5.18 Increase5.18
INC Archana Mahatam 9,293 4.98 Increase4.98
SBSP Om Hari 3,726 2.00 Increase2.00
Remainder 5 Candidates 5,725 3.07 Steady
Majority 14,949 8.01 Increase8.01
Turnout 1,86,620 55.30 Increase55.30
SP win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Dhanghata Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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